FAIRFIELD — The Pacific Flyway Center development organization will be going out to bid early this week for contractors for the next facet of the $75 million project.
The Pacific Flyway Fund was awarded a $1.937 million grant from the Delta Conservancy for what is described as part 1-B of the first phase.
That includes 3 miles of the “Walk in the Marsh” trails, a “network of looping trails, paths and boardwalks,” and compaction of the parking lot area.
It follows work that included the rough grading of the 124-acre site, construction of 24 acres of wetland ponds, the water conveyance that connects the ponds, the lift pump that will move the water and drainage work.
“And hopefully, we will construct our shade structure as well,” said Claude Grillo, director of the Pacific Flyway Fund.
That structure will include information about the Suisun Marsh, the Pacific Flyway project and the late Ken Hofmann, who envisioned the center as a kind of legacy project.
The vision is a site that totals 900 acres with 500 being utilized, including the 124-acre Flyway Center footprint tucked into a triangular piece of land east of Interstate 680 and south of the east-west section of Cordelia Slough.
Ducks Unlimited is the supervising agency for the 1-B work. The goal, Grillo said, is to have that work done by early next year.
Part 1-C will involve landscaping, irrigation, interpretive signage along the trails, benches and other similar details.
